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<h2>An updated and expanded version of the mammals sleep dataset.</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>


<p>This is an updated and expanded version of the mammals
sleep dataset. Updated sleep times and weights were taken
from V. M. Savage and G. B. West. A quantitative,
theoretical framework for understanding mammalian sleep.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104
(3):1051-1056, 2007.
</p>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A data frame with 83 rows and 11 variables</p>


<h3>Details</h3>


<p>Additional variables order, conservation status and vore
were added from wikipedia.
</p>
 <ul>
<li><p> name. common name </p>
</li>
<li><p> genus.  </p>
</li>
<li>
<p>vore. carnivore, omnivore or herbivore?  </p>
</li>
<li><p> order.
</p>
</li>
<li><p> conservation. the conservation status of the animal
</p>
</li>
<li><p> sleep\_total. total amount of sleep, in hours </p>
</li>
<li>
<p>sleep\_rem. rem sleep, in hours </p>
</li>
<li><p> sleep\_cycle.
length of sleep cycle, in hours </p>
</li>
<li><p> awake. amount of
time spent awake, in hours </p>
</li>
<li><p> brainwt. brain weight in
kilograms </p>
</li>
<li><p> bodywt. body weight in kilograms </p>
</li></ul>



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